Toy.



No. 842,077. v PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.

, G. M. BURNETT.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAIN. 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application filed May 19.1906- Serial No. 317,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. BURNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to toys, and more particularly to that class representing a human being or an animal and mounted on a horizontal bar, the device being provided with means to actuate the figure and cause it to undergo various movements and contortions. These and other objects of the invention are more fully described in the following specification, illustrated in the drawing, and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this application a perspective view illustrates my improved. toy with the operative position of one of the parts shown in dotted line.

The toy consists of a frame 1, which is made up of light material and is provided with a handle 2 and about midway its length has horizontal arms 3. The upper part of the frame is joined by ahorizontal bar 4, which is riveted to the two side sections, and suspended on this bar is the figure of a man or animal dressed like a clown, with doublejointed. arms 5 and legs 6 and having the points of the toes 7 turned over, so as to form hooks. From the outer ends of the horizontal arms 3, suspended by means of light coiled springs 8, is a ball '9, which is adapted to be drawn away from the frame and figure into the position shown in dotted lines to a greater or less degree, so that when it is released it will hit the body of the object, which is made of rubber or some soft material, and causes the figure to move rapidly back- 40 ward and upward around the horizontal bar and perform various movements on account of the force with which it has been struck. The ball 9 may be constructed of wood or rubber,

so that it will not be injurious to the figure 5 when the ball is sprung.

It is obvious that various other figures may be substituted for a clown and also that the frame of the toy may be constructed of metal or wood and of any desired design.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a toy, the combination with a frame having a horizontal bar, of a figure hung 5 5 thereon, and a ball attached to theframe by resilient means and adapted to be sprung so as to strike the figure and cause it to turn about the horizontal bar.

2-. In a toy, the combination with a frame having a handle and horizontal arms, of the horizontal bar, a figure hung on the horizontal bar. and a ball attached to the outer ends of the horizontal arms by means of springs and adapted to strike the figure and cause it to turn upon the bar.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. BURNETT.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. DUHAMEL, MAE W. CLINTON. 

